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New York Times, Tuesday, November 23, 1999

Author:
Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
6-Down : One who hopes to succeed?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 40 for Ms. Salomon. Tuesday freshness: 27%
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© 1999, The New York Times11/23/99 ( No. 18,277 )
Across
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Best ___ (most excellent) : OFALL
6
Entreaty : PLEA
10
One of the Three B's : BACH
14
Boom box : RADIO
15
Deli breads : RYES
16
Canyon comeback : ECHO
17
Rookie pianists' duet : CHOPSTICKS
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Get a move on : STIR
20
Infomercials, e.g. : ADS
21
Fork feature : TINE
22
N.F.L. no-nos : FOULS
23
Fruity, flaky dessert : MINCEMEATPIE
26
Breakfast nook : DINETTE
29
Allies' foe in W.W. II : AXIS
30
Bright thought : IDEA
31
Leprechaun's land : ERIN
32
Krazy critter of the comics : KAT
35
Theme of this puzzle : BLENDERSETTINGS
40
Singer-songwriter Barrett : SYD
41
Study of the body: Abbr. : ANAT
42
Stunning triumph : COUP
43
Like a bug in a rug : SNUG
44
Adds on : ANNEXES
47
Jerry Garcia's band, with "the" : GRATEFULDEAD
51
Wranglers alternative : LEVIS
52
Respond to a bore : YAWN
53
Toothed tool : SAW
56
Current with : UPON
57
Seam finisher : WHIPSTITCH
60
Estrada of "CHiPs" : ERIK
61
Poverty : WANT
62
Sworn ___ : ENEMY
63
Pinhead : DODO
64
Dome covers? : WIGS
65
Fills : SATES
Down
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Killer whale : ORCA
2
Saudi Arabian king : FAHD
3
Tempests in teapots : ADOS
4
Bit of insolence : LIP
5
Went ballistic : LOSTIT
6
One who hopes to succeed? : PRINCE
7
French school : LYCEE
8
"A rat!" : EEK
9
Dummkopf : ASS
10
Intoxicates : BESOTS
11
Malfunction : ACTUP
12
Some like it hot : CHILI
13
Gymnastics apparatus : HORSE
18
Hair colorer : TINT
22
Barely visible : FAINT
23
Nasty : MEAN
24
Foal's mother : MARE
25
Lighted sign over a door : EXIT
26
Claim-staker's claim : DIBS
27
One way to stand by : IDLY
28
Poverty : NEED
31
N.Y. winter hours : EST
32
Fort ___ (gold site) : KNOX
33
Fluish feeling : AGUE
34
Sugar servings: Abbr. : TSPS
36
Copenhageners : DANES
37
Adequate, informally : ENUF
38
Prego rival : RAGU
39
Topped a torte : ICED
43
Well lit? : STINKO
44
Changes with the times : ADAPTS
45
Part of CNN : NEWS
46
1598 edict city : NANTES
47
Stuck (on) : GLUED
48
Copy, briefly : REPRO
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Steer clear of : AVOID
50
Telling tales : LYING
53
Leave in : STET
54
High point : ACME
55
Kids' questions : WHYS
57
Internet letters : WWW
58
"Bali ___" : HAI
59
One ___ million : INA

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